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Education Committee Meeting 1/98

Meeting 1/98 of the Education Committee will be held on Wednesday, 4 February at 10:00 am in the Sir George Lush Room, University Offices, Clayton Campus.

Apologies: Telephone: 9905 9001; email: Sally.Stafford@adm.monash.edu.au.

27 January 1998
Ms SC Stafford
Administrative Officer

Members having a direct commercial or financial interest in any item before this meeting must declare that interest to the Chair via the Committee Secretary prior to consideration of the item, and must not take part in a vote on any matter concerning it.

AGENDA

1. STARRED ITEMS

The Committee should note that certain items have been starred as requiring discussion. Additional items may be starred at the discretion of the Committee.

All items related to course approval and major amendments have been starred for the attention of the Committee.

Recommendation:

That the committee nominate any additional items to be starred, and then endorse the recommendations for items other than those starred.

* 2. MINUTES

The Minutes of Meeting 8/97 held on Wednesday, 16 December will be circulated separately.

Recommendation:

That the Committee approve the Minutes of Meeting 8/97 as circulated.

3. ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM MEETING 8/97 OF THE ACADEMIC BOARD

A document is attached.

Recommendation:

That the Committee note the items of interest from Meeting 8/97 of the Academic Board, held on 25 November.

*4. THE ‘NP’ GRADE

At Meeting 3/97, the Academic Board approved the Committee’s recommendation to establish the ‘NP’ grade. Faculties were requested to advise the Committee of the use of the ‘NP’. Accordingly, a table setting out the current use of the ‘NP’ by Faculties is attached. Members are requested to review the details set out in the table, and to advise the Secretary of amendments. Further, the Committee is invited to reconsider the wording of its resolution of Meeting 4/97 in light of Faculties’ policies in relation to this grade. A document is attached.

Recommendation

That the Committee review the details appearing in the attached table, which sets out the current use of the ‘NP’ grade, and to advise the Secretary of amendments. Further, that the Committee reconsider the wording of its resolution of Meeting 4/97 in light of Faculties’ policies in relation to this grade.

*5. DIPLOMAS: CREDIT PROVISION AND ADVANCED STANDING

The University has recently approved the introduction of an award level of diplomas at the undergraduate level. The attached document, provided by Associate Professor M Evans and Dr K Macrae, addresses the issues of credit provision and advanced standing for students seeking to obtain a diploma. The Committee is invited to consider the recommendations set out in the document and extracted below:

1. Normally students can be awarded qualifications, whether cumulative or concurrent, provided they have enrolled in and completed the relevant award program. Permitted exceptions would include cases where faculties have chosen to provide official exit points from specified award programs.

2. In specifying the credit provision and advanced standing permissible in a diploma award course, faculties should specify the minimum proportion of study to be undertaken for the completion of the course by enrolled students. This minimum should not be lower than 50%.

Recommendation:

That the Committee consider the recommendations set out in the document presented.

*6. CREDIT POINTS

At Meeting 8/97, Education Committee endorsed the recommendations of the Credit Point Working Party to:

1. adopt a standard credit point range of 3, 6 or 12 points to be associated with the University’s subject and course offerings, with the adoption of the standard to be phased in over a period of two years (from the time of endorsement of the proposal), and

2. recognise that courses which are professional in orientation and/or in which there is no cross-enrolment may be exempted from adoption of such a standard.

and

3. subject to endorsement of the two points detailed above, request that each faculty provide the Education Committee with a timetable for reform to the above standard within the period of the next two years, or present a reasonable exception to that standard.

The following is an extract from the Agenda for Meeting 1/98 of the Academic Board:

In considering this item the Steering Committee took the view that there were a range of concerns which should be addressed before the document could proceed further, and asked that Academic Board refer the proposal back to the Education Committee for further consideration in light of the points raised, in particular:

use of the 4, 8, 12 range of credit points is extensively used throughout the University;
the potential for loss of load in some faculties upon adoption of a 3, 6, 12 credit point range;
investigation into development of a more effective timetabling system as a possible alternative to adoption of a standard credit point range to aid cross-faculty subject enrolments;
more fully developing the rationale for the adoption of a standard credit point range; and
the costs of and transitional workload arising from necessary re-organisation of subjects and re-writing of degree regulations.

Given the wide-ranging nature of the change, Steering Committee was mindful that the benefits and costs of the proposal needed to be fully explored.

At Meeting 1/98 Academic Board agreed to:

note the Report of the Credit Point Working Party presented, including the recommendations above, and to
refer the proposal to the Education Committee for further consideration in light of the points raised at Steering Committee as detailed above.

Education Committee will consider the points raised by Steering Committee following the resolution of Academic Board that the matter be referred to the Committee for further deliberation.

Recommendation:

That the Committee consider the points raised by Steering Committee and the resolution of Academic Board that the matter be referred to the Committee for further deliberation.

*7. TESTAMUR FOR PARTICIPANTS IN THE DEAN’S SCHOLARS PROGRAM - A PROPOSAL FROM THE FACULTY OF ARTS

At Meeting 3/97, the Faculty of Arts proposed wording on the testamur for the Dean’s Scholars Program as set out in the document attached. Education Committee agreed that

...the information must be included on the transcripts of all students enrolled in a Dean’s Scholars Program (with the exception of those enrolled in the Faculty of Science), and any necessary amendments to make this possible must proceed, but agreed to defer the question of whether to include the additional wording on the testamur until the next meeting of the Committee.

As this question has not been resolved, The Faculty of Arts has requested that the Committee give further consideration to the inclusion of the proposed wording, as a participant in the Dean’s Scholars Program, on the testamur. Documents are attached, including an extract of the minutes of Meeting 3/97.

Recommendation

That the Committee give consideration to the wording, proposed by the Faculty of Arts, of the testamur of students enrolled in a Dean’s Scholars Program.

8. MEMBERSHIP 1998

A draft table of the Committee’s 1998 membership is attached. Members are requested to peruse the details set out below and to notify the Secretary of amendments. A final version of the table, containing updated information on student membership for 1998 will be distributed with the papers for Meeting 1/98.

Recommendation

That the Committee note the information set out in the document presented and notify the Secretary of amendments.

9. EVALUATION PANELS FOR 1998

Evaluation Panel allocations for 1998 appeared erroneously as assignments for 1997 on the table of dates previously distributed to the Committee. A corrected version of the document is attached.

Recommendation

That the Committee note the corrected Evaluation Panel allocations for 1998 as detailed in the document presented.

10. FACULTY OF ARTS

The Report of Meeting 8/97 of the Board of the Faculty of Arts held on 10 December 1997 is attached. Also attached are recommendations of the Faculty of Arts Executive of 18 December 1997 and 15 January 1998, respectively.

Recommendation:

That the Committee receive the Report of Meeting 8/97 of the Board of the Faculty of Arts, note the proceedings and the recommendations of the Faculty of Arts Executive of 18 December 1997 and 15 January 1998, respectively, and consider each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.

*10.1 New Course Proposals

10.1.1 Graduate Certificate in Civil Ceremonies

This course is proposed for introduction from Semester 1, 1998 as an on-campus course offered on the Caulfield campus. Documents are attached.

Recommendation:

That the Committee endorse for submission to the Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Arts to establish a new course, to be titled Graduate Certificate in Civil Ceremonies.

10.1.2 Graduate Diploma of Arts (Civil Ceremonies)

This course is proposed for introduction from Semester 1, 1998 as an on-campus course offered on the Caulfield campus. Documents are attached.

Recommendation:

That the Committee endorse for submission to the Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Arts to establish a new course, to be titled Graduate Diploma of Arts (Civil Ceremonies).

*10.2 Major Amendment to Existing Course

10.2.1 Proposal for a ‘Stand Alone’ Bachelor of Communication Degree (Berwick Campus)

The Faculty of Arts proposes to offer the Bachelor of Communication as a single, ‘stand -alone’ degree, from Semester 1 1999, on the Berwick Campus.

Recommendation:

That the Committee endorse for submission to the Academic Board the proposal of the Faculty of Arts to offer the Bachelor of Communication as a single, ‘stand-alone’ degree, from Semester 1 1999, on the Berwick Campus.

*10.2.2 Disestablishment of Department of Music Subjects Constituting Amendment to Existing Course

The Faculty of Arts has recommended the disestablishment of the following subjects, constituting an amendment to course, as detailed in the documents presented.

10.2.2.1 MUS2470/MUS3470 Early Music Ensemble

10.2.2.2 MUS3130/MUS4140 Theatrical music

10.2.2.3 MUS3170/4180 Chamber music

10.2.2.4 MUS3190/MUS4200 Keyboard music

10.2.2.5 MUS3210/MUS4220 Vocal Music

10.2.2.6 MUS2480/MUS3480 Performance studies: Indonesian gamelan

Recommendation:

That the Committee endorse for submission to the Academic Board the recommendation of the Faculty of Arts that the subjects in items 10.2.2.1 through 10.2.2.6 above be disestablished.

10.3 New Subject Proposals

Documentation is available from the Administrative Officer regarding these proposals for perusal by members. Handbook entries are attached.

Open Learning

10.3.1 PHL21 Origins of modern philosophy A: Descartes 95-96

10.3.2 PHL32 Origins of modern philosophy B: Locke, Leibniz and Hume 97-100

10.3.3 PHL23 Thinking about science 101-104

On campus

10.3.4 PHL3880 Origins of modern philosophy B: Locke, Leibniz and Hume

10.3.5 AST2015/AST3015 Study abroad: New England & American culture 105-106

10.3.6 SPN2010R/SPN2020R Intermediate Spanish (Berwick Campus) 107-108

Graduate Certificate in Civil Ceremonies/Graduate Diploma of Arts (Civil Ceremonies)
(handbook entries follow course proposals, Item 10.1, above)

10.3.7 CVL4010-Rites of Passage: Celebrating Life Cycle Events

10.3.8 CVL4020 -Life Cycle Events in Music and Literature

10.3.9 CVL4030 Celebrant and Client: Legal, Ethical and Personal Issues

Recommendation:

That the Committee endorse for submission to the Academic Board the subject proposals listed in items 10.3.1 through 10.3.9, inclusive.

10.4 Amendments to Existing Subjects

The Faculty of Arts has agreed to recommend amendments to existing subjects as listed in the report of the Faculty Board presented.

Recommendation:

That the Education Committee note the amendments to existing subjects of the Faculty of Arts as detailed in the report of the Faculty Board presented.

10.5 Disestablishment of Subjects

The Faculty of Arts has recommended the disestablishment of the following subjects as detailed in the documents presented.

Recommendation:

That the Education Committee note the information.

*10.6 Proceedings

10.6.1 Open Learning Subject Approval Procedures

The Faculty of Arts has approved Open Learning Subject Approval Procedures as set out in the document presented. The Committee is invited to note the procedures and to consider their potential for wider application across Faculties.

Recommendation:

That the Education Committee note Open Learning Subject Approval Procedures and consider their potential for wider application across Faculties.

11. FACULTY OF ART & DESIGN

The Report of the Committee of Advice to the Dean of the Faculty of Art & Design held on 16 January 1998 is attached.

Recommendation:

That the Committee receive the Report of the Committee of Advice to the Dean of the Faculty of Art & Design, and consider each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.

11.1 New Subject Proposals

Documentation is available from the Administrative Officer regarding these proposals for perusal by members. Handbook entries are attached.

11.1.1 VCM1101 Visual Thinking and Communication

11.1.2 VCM1102 Basic Design

11.1.3 VIS2103 Visual Arts Studio 3

11.1.4 VIS2104 Visual Arts Studio 4

11.1.5 VIS3105 Visual Arts Studio 5

11.1.6 VIS3106 Visual Arts Studio 6

11.1.7 PHO1201 Photography 1B

11.1.8 PHO1202 Photography 2B

11.1.9 TAD2101 Modernism and Visual Challenge 2A

11.1.10 AD2111 Modernism and Visual Challenge 2B

11.1.11 TAD3101 Modernism and Visual Challenge 3A

11.1.12 TAD3111 Modernism and Visual Challenge 3B

11.1.13 TAD2102 Perspectives on Post-war Practices 2A

11.1.14 TAD2112 Perspectives on Post-war Practices 2B

11.1.15 TAD3102 Perspectives on Post-war Practices 3A

11.1.16 TAD3112 Perspectives on Post-war Practices 3B

11.1.17 TAD2103 The Classical Tradition and Contemporary Critique 2A

11.1.18 TAD2113 The Classical Tradition and Contemporary Critique 2B

11.1.19 TAD3103 The Classical Tradition and Contemporary Critique 3A

11.1.20 TAD3113 The Classical Tradition and Contemporary Critique 3B

11.1.21 TAD2104 Romantic Sensibility and the ‘Other’ 2A

11.1.22 TAD3104 Romantic Sensibility and the ‘Other’ 3A

11.1.23 TAD2107 New Baroque Visualities: Late 20th Century Visual Culture 2A

11.1.24 TAD2117 New Baroque Visualities: Late 20th Century Visual Culture 2B

11.1.25 TAD3107 New Baroque Visualities: Late 20th Century Visual Culture 3A

11.1.26 TAD3117 New Baroque Visualities: Late 20th Century Visual Culture 3B

11.1.27 TAD2301 Making Art and Design: Cultural Contexts 2A

11.1.28 TAD3301 Making Art and Design: Cultural Contexts 3A

11.1.29 TAD2401 Perception, Imagination and Judgement 2A

11.1.30 TAD2411 Perception, Imagination and Judgement 2B

11.1.31 TAD3401 Perception, Imagination and Judgement 3A

11.1.32 TAD3411 Perception, Imagination and Judgement 3B

11.1.33 TAD2402 Issues and Problems in the Visual Arts 2A

11.1.34 TAD2412 Issues and Problems in the Visual Arts 2B

11.1.35 TAD3402 Issues and Problems in the Visual Arts 3A

11.1.36 TAD3412 Issues and Problems in the Visual Arts 3B

11.1.37 TAD3207 Popular Culture and Contemporary Communication 3A

11.1.38 TAD3217 Popular Culture and Contemporary Communication 3B

Recommendation:

That the Committee endorse for submission to the Academic Board the subject proposals listed in items 11.1.1 through 11.1.38, inclusive.

12. FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

The Report of Meeting 6/97 of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics held on 10 December 1997 is attached.

Recommendation:

That the Committee receive the Report of Meeting 6/97 of the Board of the Faculty of Business and Economics, note the proceedings, and consider each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.

*12.1 Recommendation Regarding Time Limits for Undergraduate Degree Programs

The Faculty of Business and Economics has recommended a time limit of 10 years for completion of the requirements of all Faculty undergraduate single degrees and intra-faculty double degree programs. A document is attached.

Recommendation:

That the Committee endorse for submission to the Academic Board the Faculty of Business and Economics’ recommended time limit of 10 years for completion of the requirements of all Faculty undergraduate single degrees and intra-faculty double degree programs.

12.2 Major Amendment to Existing Course

12.2.1 Proposal for a ‘Stand-Alone’ Bachelor of Communication Degree (Berwick Campus)

The Faculty of Business and Economics has endorsed the Faculty of Arts proposal to offer the Bachelor of Communication as a single, ‘stand-alone’ degree, from Semester 1 1998, on the Berwick Campus. This proposed amendment appears under Item 10.2.1, above.

Recommendation:

That the Committee note the endorsement of the Faculty of Business and Economics of the proposal of the Faculty of Arts to offer the Bachelor of Communication as a single, ‘stand-alone’ degree, from Semester 1 1998, on the Berwick Campus.

12.3 New Subject Proposals

Documentation is available from the Administrative Officer regarding these proposals for perusal by members. Handbook entries are attached.

12.3.1 MGF9xxx Family Business Issues III

12.3.2 AFF9xxx Family Business Issues IV

12.3.3 MGF5xxx Research Project in Organisational Systems

Recommendation:

That the Committee endorse for submission to the Academic Board the subject proposals listed in items 12.3.1 through 12.3.3, inclusive.

12.4 Minor Amendments to Existing Courses and Amendments to Subjects

The Faculty of Business and Economics has agreed to recommend minor amendments to existing courses and amendments to existing subjects as detailed in the report of the Faculty Board presented.

Recommendation:

That the Education Committee note the minor amendments to existing courses and amendments to existing subjects of the Faculty of Business and Economics as detailed in the report of the Faculty Board presented.

13. FACULTY OF SCIENCE

The Report of the Dean of the Faculty of Science, dated 7 January 1998, is attached.

Recommendation:

That the Committee receive the Report of the Dean of the Faculty of Science and consider each item requiring action separately for submission to the Academic Board.

13.1 Major Amendment to Existing Course

13.1.1 Amendment of the Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Psychology

The Faculty of Science has proposed amendments to the Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Psychology as detailed in the document presented.

Recommendation:

That the Committee endorse for submission to the Academic Board the amendments to the Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Psychology proposed by the Faculty of Science.

13.2 Minor Amendments to Existing Courses and Amendments to Existing Subjects

The Faculty of Science has agreed to recommend minor amendments to existing courses and amendments to existing subjects as detailed in the report presented.

Recommendation:

That the Education Committee note the minor amendments to existing courses and amendments to existing subjects of the Faculty of Science as detailed in the report presented.

14. NEXT MEETING

The next scheduled meeting of the Education Committee will be held at 10.00 am on Wednesday, 18 March 1998. Course and subject proposal submissions for that meeting are due on or before WEDNESDAY, 18 FEBRUARY 1998 full reports are due on or before Friday, 6 March 1998.

It is very important that all final submissions include a report or draft report from the Faculty Board. Submissions must be electronically submitted. Hard copies should also be submitted for our records. Please DO NOT staple or submit double-sided hard copies.

Recommendation:

That the Committee note the information above.

Membership

Professor A Lindsay (Chair)
Associate Professor R Alfredson, Engineering
Ms Jann Counsell, MUGSU, Gippsland
Associate Professor M Evans, Business and Economics
Mr P Hawman, MPA, Graduate Diploma
Associate Professor J Hurst, Computing and Information Technology
Professor L Johnson, MME
Professor M King, PhD and Scholarships Committee
Dr K Macrae, Science
Ms Melanie McGrath, MSA, Clayton
Mr H McPherson, MONSU, Caulfield
Mr J. Poussard, MUSU Inc, Peninsula
Professor J Redmond, Art and Design
Professor L Roller, Pharmacy
Associate Professor G Taylor, Medicine
Mr G Tickell, Education
Mrs J Tooher, Law
Mr J Welikala, MPA, Masters
Associate Professor N White, Arts
Mr M Whitehead, MUBSU, Berwick
Mr M Williams, MUSU, Inc, Caulfield
Professor B Young, Co-Opted

In Attendance

Ms J Buckingham, Office of the DVC (A&P)
Mr R Burnet, Student Services
Professor W Kent, History
Professor L Nethercote, Business and Economics
Professor T Threadgold, Arts
Professor P Stewart, Pharmacy
Professor G Webb, CHED
Faculty Registrar/Manager (in rotation) - Ms M Hah, Art and Design
P Siggins, Secretariat
S Stafford, Secretariat